Beej (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} heyitsbeej) wrote,@ 2009-05-27 12:17:00 |
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I gots me a bout of grumpassitis
And I'm going to share it. With yooooooooooooou! Aren't you so 'cited?
So I'm doing this iron infusion thing every week. Three down, two to go. First one went fine. Second one not so good - they had to stick me five times to get a good vein. I have uncooperative veins. Good thing I don't really feel it when they stick me or when they start digging around to get a good spot (poor nurses are near tears thinking I'm in excruciating pain, and I'm just smilin' and tappin' my toe). A few hours later, though, the stick sites get sore. But not so bad, right?
The nurses told me that if I drink lots of water before coming to the office, that should help them find a good vein. So I did my chugging before going in this morning. Didn't help much.
Good news is that it only took three sticks this time to get a vein that would hold.
Bad news: on the second (right hand) try we thought it was okay, but a minute after she started the saline drip, it started burning. That means the vein has blown and the saline was going into tissue. I had a large marble-sized squishy saline lump at the wrist bone. On the third try (left wrist) it worked, but the iron irritated that vein and caused a reaction - stinging pain from the needle to 5 inches down my forearm, and a 2-inch spot where hives popped up on my skin.
This infusion thing is starting to suck.
Three down, two to go. Just keeping saying it (until Monday afternoon, then four down, one to go)
This had better friggin' work, dadblameit.
And I'm going to share it. With yooooooooooooou! Aren't you so 'cited?
So I'm doing this iron infusion thing every week. Three down, two to go. First one went fine. Second one not so good - they had to stick me five times to get a good vein. I have uncooperative veins. Good thing I don't really feel it when they stick me or when they start digging around to get a good spot (poor nurses are near tears thinking I'm in excruciating pain, and I'm just smilin' and tappin' my toe). A few hours later, though, the stick sites get sore. But not so bad, right?
The nurses told me that if I drink lots of water before coming to the office, that should help them find a good vein. So I did my chugging before going in this morning. Didn't help much.
Good news is that it only took three sticks this time to get a vein that would hold.
Bad news: on the second (right hand) try we thought it was okay, but a minute after she started the saline drip, it started burning. That means the vein has blown and the saline was going into tissue. I had a large marble-sized squishy saline lump at the wrist bone. On the third try (left wrist) it worked, but the iron irritated that vein and caused a reaction - stinging pain from the needle to 5 inches down my forearm, and a 2-inch spot where hives popped up on my skin.
This infusion thing is starting to suck.
Three down, two to go. Just keeping saying it (until Monday afternoon, then four down, one to go)
This had better friggin' work, dadblameit.
